WASHINGTON — The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasin...
What families who really are struggling with low incomes, poverty, can afford to shop organic, afford to feed their kids great organic farm to table food? Well, the answer is here. For those lucky enough to live in Santa Cruz, CA, that is.
WATSONVILLE -- Cathy Calfo couldn't help but be impressed by the wholesale produce market in Guangzhou, China, with its 40,000 workers, hundreds of tr...
And on the Eighth day, after she had rested, God remembered to make someone To truly care for her creation. So God made an organic farmer. She sha...
The popularity of organic foods has surged in recent years as consumers seek to avoid synthetic fertilizers and pesticides used in modern farming. But...
SALINAS, Calif. -- Bending over beds of shriveled strawberry plants, former farmworker Domitila Martinez pulls pieces of black plastic row covers in p...
Growing organic vegetables in New Mexico's Sonoran Desert isn't easy. Conditions there are different than in many other parts of the United States. Sixteen time zones away, in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) -- known as North Korea -- farmers can relate.
WESTVILLE, N.Y. -- "Got milk?" is getting to be a difficult question when it comes to organic. Because even as more consumers are willing to pay prem...
First Stop? The Rodale experimental farm in Kutztown, PA. They are celebrating their 30-year study comparing the difference between organic and conventional crop yields and the impact on soil conditions.
Stonyfield Farm has launched the Organic Farmers Grant a Wish Program to help fund innovative organic farming projects that can make a strong environm...
We had a blast with our first hot farmers slideshow, and we were overwhelmed by the number of great submissions from readers of cuties from around the...
Here at HuffPost Green, we think organic farmers are heroes and rock stars. And nothing is sexier than someone who likes to get dirty AND supports the...
This environmental lawyer reminded us that the vast majority of commercial and industrial chemicals in circulation today are not tested for longterm health effects before being put on the market.
